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Surprisingly moving. Recalls a time when music and poetry were so much at the center of culture. (@thesundaytimes @coverjunkie)

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Haunting photo by Lorenzo Tugnoli from Wardak province. In hinterlands, women’s rights/media gains less relevant than US brutality. Here Taliban & civilians killed by drone strike. Fact you can’t tell memorial flag/s from tree fronds says everything. @lorenzotug @WashPostPhoto

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What communities are suffering far from the national radar: jail and prison FUBAR. #thedailies @miamiherald @theobserver

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It accompanies Krugman @nytopinion post asking “Why is it so hard to make a call on inflation right now?” But image seems to strike a larger chord—and the kind of ambiguity so favored by fabulists and authoritarians.

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Are Dems losing “war of ideas” as NYT Ed Board suggests, or is Biden failing to harness the kind of feeling for family leave, child care subsidies, Pre-K (not to mention, affordable housing & health care) reflected in one shadowed photo when public support is already there?

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